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david cairnsFri, 09 Dec 2016 19:46:18 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: dcairnshttps://dcairns.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/sweet-17/#comment-11576
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:59:35 +0000http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=5921#comment-11576Yeah, No 17 would present challenges to anyone not used to early 30s cinema, and then a few more challenges based on its general weirdness and Leon M Lion (M for Misbegotten?). But these can be overcome!
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Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:37:39 +0000http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=5921#comment-11573Number Seventeen is a film that I adore and find funny and invigorating all the way through, but I have never been able to make anyone else see what I mean, and I’ve shown it to quite a number of people. So in the long run I decided to rely on chance to stumble across other enthusiasts, rather than to try to create converts. Which reminds me of a lovely rueful line in Danny Peary’s capsule on L’Avventura in his excellent Guide for the Film Fanatic: “I find the film fascinating, but I now know better than to recommend it to the casual movie-goer.”
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Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:26:59 +0000http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=5921#comment-11532Death by drink would seem like an entertaining way to die, but the people I’ve seen attempting it didn’t seem to be having too much of a good time, most of them.